Yes, I know this is a Democratic Party video and it is not fair and balanced. However, when you think about all the Republican blathering that has gone unanswered, it is about time the Democrats said something.

We also have to remember that we need many messages about the positive program of the Democrats and why it is the right program at the right time. If the positive message just happens to refute the talking points of the Republicans, so much the better.

The article Estimates Say Fewer Jobs, Larger Deficits If Republicans Were in Charge by Andrew Romano appears on the Newsweek web site. I don’t think Newsweek has a reputation for being a left wing, radical source.

Some key points from the article:

That brings the total Obama deficit to $3.784 trillion over ten years, and its GOP counterpart to — drumroll, please — $4.155 trillion.

In a report out this week, the CBO estimates that between 1.4 and 3.3 million fewer people would be employed right now if the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act had never made it through Congress.

The problem, as economist William G. Gale of the Brookings Institute has noted, is that “of 11 potential stimulus policies the CBO recently examined, an extension of all of the Bush tax cuts ties for lowest bang for the buck.” In fact, he continues, “letting the high-income tax cuts expire and using the money for aid to the states, extensions of unemployment insurance benefits [or] tax credits favoring job creation … would have about three times the impact … as continuing the Bush tax cuts.”